Author Topic: Dimensions/relationship of foil wing to mast and stabilizer, stab design  (Read 1703 times)

jrandy

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...so I started this foil build without having some of the major dimensions in hand and...

If someone is willing to measure and post, it would be useful to know the basic area relationship of wing to stabilizer and the distance from wing to mast and mast to stabilizer taken from a point of max camber or some other point of reference.

Dims from a a larger foil would most approximate my situation.

I am running a flat 4412 foil, slight taper root to tip.

Are the stabilizers 'neutral' or providing up/down force?
Any thoughs about type: anhedral/dihedral/canard/"airplane"(fixed rudder+elevators)?

I know, failure to plan is planning to fail and all that jazz, at this point I am just hoping to finish and get it in the water once the ice is out and things warm up...

Thanks. I appreciate all the other foil build threads.

PS a good flat photo of the rig looking from the bottom works too if I have one dimension to determine scale.
« Last Edit: April 14, 2018, 06:58:45 AM by jrandy »
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surfcowboy

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I based mine on a Kai foil. Pics from web and dimensions from a YouTube review. (The Gunnar guy?) that got me to a rough place to start.

I'm making my rear wing so I can shim it to adjust angle. That seems common in kite foils.

For the size of my rear, honestly I guessed. I had a piece of ply that looked about right. Lol. I figured I could make another if it was funky.

 


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